Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash ...
The potency of some retrogressive cultural norms lies in the hearts and souls of its people, who act as the bearers of the same, for their future generations. While culture defines a people, its dark ...
* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Subhead: This fall our pilot project in a town in Mali will test the premise that the women who ...
When people think about female genital mutilation/cutting, or FGM/C, they associate it with places like Africa or the Middle East. But FGM/C is happening here, in the United States, and shockingly, ...
As for these girls — nobody was there for me, to protect me,” she said. “But we are here now to protect them.” The new law also explicitly outlines penalties for doctors who perform female genital ...
NAIROBI, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Somali families living in Britain and the United States are bringing their daughters to Kenya to secretly undergo female genital mutiliation (FGM) as ...
BLMK’s chief nurse stated these national centres provide the “best support.” A representative from Somali Voices Enabled in Luton asked, via a written question, for an update on the use of funding for ...